Grade: 7 Unit: 3 Week: 2 Content: ELA Dates: 11/19-11/20
Theme Essential Question: How does real world determination inform the depiction of determined literary characters?
Essential Questions:
How can people show determination in the face of tragedy?
What characteristics depict courage?
Standards
RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds on a specific verse or stanza of a poem.
RL.7.5 Analyze how a poem’s form or structure contributes to its meaning.
Ongoing Standards
R.L.7.10 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
R.L.7.1 Key Ideas and Details: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
R.I.7.10 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary non-fiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
W.7.9 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
W.7.10 Range of Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames (times for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
SL.7.1 Comprehension and Collaboration: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL.7.1.a Comprehension and Collaboration: Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
SL.7.1.b Comprehension and Collaboration: Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
SL.7.1.c Comprehension and Collaboration: Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.
SL.7.1d Comprehension and Collaboration: Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify your own views.
L.7.1 Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.7.3 Knowledge of Language: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
L.7.4 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
L.7.4.a Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word of phrase.
L.7.4.c Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital prints to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part growth.
L.7.6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension.
Objectives: The Learner Will
TLW read informational texts for background knowledge.
TLW analyze poetry for detail and figurative language.
TLW create poetry to memorialize a tragic event.
Assessment Product
Students will write a memorial poem about a tragedy that has happened in their lifetime, using “The Names” as an example.
Key Questions (match Standard)
What defines an event as “tragic?”
How can our determination help us survive or succeed after a tragic event?
Observable Student Behaviors (Performance)
Students will write a poem in a format of their choosing.
Students will use figurative language in their memorial poem.
Students will discuss how their poetry, and others like it, may help survivors find the determination to move past a tragic event.
Vocabulary
ELA
Tragedy Figurative language Memorial
Suggested Activities (see Legend to highlight MCO and [HYS])
Class Discussion: Socialization, Ethnicity/Culture [Non-Linguistic representation, Summarizing/Notetaking]
What is the meaning of the word “determination?”
Define the word and create a class word map with examples of determination in texts read during this unit, write them on post-it notes and add them to the word map.
Quick-write: Consider your experience with loss, or one that you’ve observed. Why do think remembering a sad event might help the healing process?
Mind-streaming: To build background on historical context, have pairs use Mind-streaming to tell each other what they know about how people responded to the September 11 attack. HMU5 p564
Grade: 7 Unit: 3 Week: 2 Content: ELA Dates: 11/19-11/20
Theme Essential Question: How does real world determination inform the depiction of determined literary characters?
Essential Questions:
Standards
Ongoing Standards
Objectives: The Learner Will
Assessment
Product
Key Questions (match Standard)
Observable Student Behaviors (Performance)
Vocabulary
Figurative language
Memorial
Suggested Activities (see Legend to highlight MCO and [HYS])
Class Discussion: Socialization, Ethnicity/Culture [Non-Linguistic representation, Summarizing/Notetaking]
Homework
Terminology for Teachers
Ethnicity/Culture | Immigration/Migration | Intercultural Competence | Socialization | Racism/Discrimination
[High Yield Strategies]
Similarities/Differences | Summarizing/Notetaking | Reinforcing/Recognition | Homework/Practice |
Non-Linguistic representation | Cooperative Learning | Objectives/Feedback |
Generating-Testing Hypothesis | Cues, Questions, Organizers
Resources
Professional Texts
http://my.hrw.com
Literary Texts
Informational Texts
Art, Music, and Media
Manipulatives
Games
Videos
Sight Words
SMART Board Lessons, Promethean Lessons
Other Activities, etc.
Language
Arts
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Matrix
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Home K-2
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